A lightcontrolled 'muscle' could give synthetic cells a new way to move - Peer2Peer

A lightcontrolled 'muscle' could give synthetic cells a new way to move

Apr 19, 2026

Engineers interested in creating artificial cells to deliver drugs to unhealthy parts of the body face a key challenge: for a cell-like system to move, change shape, or divide, it needs a way to generate force on command.

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-muscle-synthetic-cells.html

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